Where was Ibn Taymiyyah Ibn Taqi ud-Din born?
Shaykh al-Islam Taqi ud-Din Abu’l-Abbas Ahmad Ibn al-Halim ibn Abd al-Salam Ibn Taymiyah al-Hanbali was born in , 661 AH (1263 AC) in Haran, which is now in Eastern Turkey, near the border of northern Iraq..
How old was Ibn Taymiyyah when he issued his fatwa?
Ibn Taymiyyah’s emergence into the public and political sphere began in 1293 at the age of 30, when he was asked by the authorities to issue a fatwa (legal verdict) on Assaf al-Nasrani, a Christian cleric accused of insulting Muhammad. He accepted the invitation and delivered his fatwa, calling for the man to receive the death penalty.
Why was Ibn Taymiyyah important to the Ummah?
The primary reason is because in an era of great departure from the Prophetic Sunnah, Ibn Taymiyyah reconnected the Ummah to the creed and methodology of the Salaf and in the process rebutted the various factions, from the Philosophers, Raafidah, Jahmites, Mu’tazilites, Ash’arites, baati niyyah, Qaraamitah, Christians and many others.
What was the Risala of Shaykh Ibn Taymiya?
Risala of the Imam, Shaykh al-Islam ibn Taymiya, Rady Allahu ‘anhu, on ordering the good and forbidding the blameworthy, which explores all facets. The hadiths and athars are annotated and referenced, the Muhaqqiq…